The Cascade People’s Center (www.cascadepeoplescenter.org) is a
volunteer-run community center in the heart of Seattle. It hosts tons
of amazing projects: after-school activities for kids, self-defense
and yoga classes, a free breakfast program, much more. Tons of
these projects are specifically environmental: the Live Green
Sustainability Conference was there last January, the “Garden of
Happiness” P-Patch is there, a rain-water collection system flushes
the toilets and demonstrates the feasibility of low-cost green
technology. CPC is home to a community compost program, a “free”
market that distributes organic vegetables too ripe to keep on the
shelves of local grocery stores, and lots more.
For the last 8 years, the bulk of the CPC’s funding has come from the
city of Seattle, but this year’s budget gives ZERO dollars to the CPC.
This precious community resource is in grave danger. The center’s
plight has been widely reported, and every report is sympathetic, but
the city funding has not been restored yet, and it might never be.
60% of the work at the center is done by volunteers, and more than
8,000 people use the center every year, but this will all end if the
annual budget of $220,000 doesn’t come from somewhere.
That’s why I’ve made this pledge. Normally, I would definitely not be
asking people I don’t really know to contribute dollars to my cause.
But the CPC is too important—-we must do what we can. Join me in
financially supporting this important piece of our urban ecosystem.
Additional coverage:
slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/please_sir...
seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/333765_cas...
blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/thebigblog/...
www.realchangenews.org/2007/2007_10_03/...
wildsynergy.wordpress.com/2007/10/13/ca.../
